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McCormick-Deering Corn Binder

Date: 1931
Description: McCormick-Deering corn binder parked outside a Chicago factory, most likely the McCormick Works. Decals and/or stencils are on the machine.
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McCormick Works Smokestacks

Date: 11 29 1918
Description: Elevated view of smokestacks on International Harvester's McCormick Works factory buildings. The sky is hazy and appears to be filled with smog or pollutio...
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Aerial View of Lumber Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Aerial view of lumber yard at McCormick Works.
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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve...
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Elevated View of McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view over rooftops of the McCormick Works. Beyond the rooftops is a lumber yard. A river is in the background.
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McCormick Works Foundry Yard

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of yard behind the foundry at the McCormick Reaper Works. Several men and a horse are working among piles of parts and debris. The factory wa...
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Men in Underwater Gear Oustide of McCormick Works in Chicago

Date: 1920
Description: A group of men assisting three men in diving gear on a boat on the Chicago River near the McCormick Works (factory).
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Excavation for McCormick Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Men use teams of horses to excavate a lot to be used as the site for the future McCormick Twine Mill.
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Factory and Chicago Streets

Date: 11 04 1926
Description: Two men wearing hats and overcoats walk along the sidewalk adjacent to a large building, possibly the McCormick Works factory. Signs on the electrical pole...
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Aerial View of Lumber Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 1900
Description: Aerial view over factory buildings towards lumber yard.
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McCormick Works and Industrial Canal

Date: 1900
Description: View of factory buildings and smokestacks from across a river or industrial canal. The factory is probably the McCormick Reaper Works as seen from across t...
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McCormick Reaper Works from Branch of Chicago River

Date: 1900
Description: McCormick Reaper Works, as seen from across the west fork of the south branch of the Chicago River. There are stacks of lumber in the foreground, and railr...
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Man Standing on a Railroad Loading Dock

Date: 08 17 1906
Description: A man is standing on a railroad loading dock near a factory building, probably the McCormick Works. He is dressed in dark pants, a light-colored shirt, sus...

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